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Female pastors: 'We stand with Planned Parenthood'

Women clergy in top Protestant denominations go public with support

Published: 03/19/2017 at 2:40 PM

(LIFENEWS) — A group of female clergy from Iowa wrote a letter this week to publicly state their support of the abortion chain Planned Parenthood.

The letter, published in the Des Moines Register on Wednesday, included signatures from seven women pastors from the United Church of Christ, United Methodist Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Episcopal Church, Unitarian Universalist Association, Christian Church (Disciple of Christ) and Unity Church. A note included with the letter said the pastors were not speaking on behalf of their denominations or congregations.

The pastors praised Planned Parenthood’s work and blasted a state bill that would defund the abortion group and redirect tax dollars to community health centers that don’t provide abortions.